Mine detail: Raul Mine

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Location: Lima, Peru, South America
Lat / long: -12.69784, -76.58306
dep_id: 10080329
mrds_id: W031448
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Digenite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Clinozoisite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR, DISSEMINATED, STRINGER, MANTO
model: 91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)
alteration: Greenschist To Lower Amphibolite Facies Metamerphism
conc_proc: Hot Spring Deposition At Sea Floor (Manto Ores); Open Space Filling Of Volcanics (Stringer & Disseminated Ore)
Reporter: Rowe, William D. (Ericksen, George E.), Bolm, Karen S., Page, Norman J.
hrock_unit: Chilca Formation
hrock_type: Amphibolite,Siltstone,Limestone,Tuff
arock_type: Dacite
Structure: Reg.Struct: Beds Strike Nw And Dip W 30. Minor Folding; Block Faulting Is Common, Faults With Up To 50 M Displacements. Andesitic Dikes.
tectonic: Andes, Coastal Mesozoic Belt
Year first produced: 1961
References:
  • Deposit:: RIPLEY, E.M., AND OHMOTO, H., 1977, MINERALOGIC, SULFUR ISOTOPE, AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDIES OF THE STRATABOUND COPPER DEPOSITS AT THE RAUL MINE, PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 72, NO. 6, P. 1017-1041.
  • Deposit:: COMMUNIQUE, AMERICAN EMBASSY, PERU
  • Deposit:: VIDAL, C.E., INJOQUE-ESPINOZA, J., SIDDER, G.B., AND MUKASA, S.B., 1990, AMPHIBOLITE CU-FE SKARN DEPOSITS IN THE CENTRAL COAST OF PERU: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 85, P. 1447-1461.
  • Deposit:: NOBLE, D.C. AND VIDAL, C.E., 1994, GOLD IN PERU: SEG NEWSLETTER, APRIL 1994, NO. 17, P. 1, 6-13.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Production:: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 72, P. 1017. NOBLE AND VIDAL (1994).
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